choice 4 (the black one in background)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/keyboards-mice/cb22/

choice 5
http://www.roccat.org/Products/Gaming-Keyboards/ROCCAT-Valo/

choice 6
http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/eclipse3.htm

methimpikehoses

02-28-10, 10:37 PM

saitek III, i should have gotten that one.

bob saget

02-28-10, 10:52 PM

i got choice 3, got it for free. very nice to see it in the dark. my wrist hurt for a bit cause i switched from a full-size-button keyboard, its all good now.

nekrosoft13

02-28-10, 10:56 PM

bob, can you post a picture of your keyboard in dark? I wanted to see how it looks in dark. if possible from standing position.

bob saget

02-28-10, 11:08 PM

i will tomorrow. the keys glow white, the "F"-keys glow yellow. There is no "border" lights or anything like that. Only the actual letters/symbols glow. There are 4 levels of brightness, with the 4th being totally off. It's very very thin keyboard.
I play TF2/Cod4/L4D2 on it, and have not had anything go wrong once.

EDIT: lol nvm, you can see the outline of the keys in the dark, but its light from the surrounding "icon" leds.

scout2of3

03-01-10, 07:50 AM

I prefer this keyboard (http://www.steelseries.com/us/products/keyboards/merc/information), I have been using it for years (the first generation, this is the second generation). I never could get used to the way my fingers had to bend for the normal key configuration, my fingers are a bit longer than most. With the Merc keyboard I can still use the default key configuration within games but the keys on the board itself are setup in a way that makes it easier for me to use, especially now that I am missing the end of my middle finger on my left hand, still trying to get used to it.

DiscipleDOC

03-01-10, 08:16 AM

The roccat keyboard is nice, but if you can afford the g19, that one beats all the others hands down.

grey_1

03-01-10, 09:41 AM

I love my Saitek 2

Revs

03-01-10, 10:05 AM

Love my G19. People say the screen isn't much use but I use it in almost everything I do. Powered USB's are handy as heck, too. Roccat looks nice though, so I voted that too :). Only problem with the G19 is it need to be plugged in through an power adapter. Not the end of the world though.

I love my Saitek 2

Yeah, great board (I assume you mean Saitek Eclipse II)

I had a G15 Mk2 before the G19 which is also very good, but not many macro keys which puts many off.

musman

03-01-10, 10:20 AM

That ROCCAT Valo looks sweet. I really like my G15, so the G19 should be a really good board too.

musman

03-01-10, 10:26 AM

I have never seen this ROCCAT company. That keyboard is just bad a** looking, that KONE mouse looks really nice too. Wish I would have known about them before I purchased my Logitec stuff.

bacon12

03-01-10, 12:14 PM

I voted for the slim, for typing its the sh!t, I really love mine. But for gaming not so much I would get a G13, it may take you a week or so to get used to it, but once you do you will love it.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard/devices/5123&cl=us,en

Bman212121

03-01-10, 12:45 PM

I think the biggest question is whether or not you'll use the macro keys. Personally I'd never take the time to set them up and then use them.

The only thing I remember about ROCCAT was someone having difficulty RMAing a broken mouse. Think they got it straightened out eventually but it took a long time.

Out of those choices I guess I'd go with the G110. Backlight, media keys, and you can use your own wrist rest with it.

CaptNKILL

03-01-10, 04:30 PM

What the hell? That Roccat keyboard is $140-$160 and its only available at two stores.

sorry necro, have been feeling awful today. I'll take that pic of keyboard for you.....sometime within the next 2 years :lol:

nekrosoft13

03-03-10, 06:39 PM

Love my G19. People say the screen isn't much use but I use it in almost everything I do.

are there any more usefull apps for the g19? i still find the screen on my g15 quite useless.

are there more stock apps? or what usefull apps do you use?

does it still run many programs in background?

bob saget

03-04-10, 02:47 AM

here ya go. thats the brightest setting. it's a very simple design, obviously no huge screens or anything like that, gets the job done very well for me. would be a slight + if the logitech logo thats in the center "wrist rest" area would light up too, but no biggie.